DESCRIPTION:

This course is designed to offer the maximum possible practical experience in preaching and sermon preparation. The class will be limited to a maximum of 9 students. Each student will preach twice during the quarter. Each sermon will be evaluated and discussed by class members under the direction of the instructor. All sermons will be recorded on video tape.

The spoken word remains an essential means of communicating the gospel of Jesus Christ. Preaching is an essential element in the ministry of the church--a task which all servants of Christ are called to perform in one form or another.

The class will meet weekly for a two-hour session. The first part of each meeting will be spent in worship where two sermons will be preached by members of the class. The class will then move to informal surroundings where discussion of the sermons will follow in a relaxed atmosphere.

Weekly exegetical and theological reading relating to the texts, passages or themes to be preached upon.

Baumann, J. Daniel. An Introduction to Contemporary Preaching. Baker Book House, 1972.

Craddock, Fred S. Preaching. Abingdon Press, 1985.

Pitt-Watson, Ian. A Primer for Preachers. Baker Book House, 1986.

Students are expected to be familiar with the books used in the required preaching course, PR500. Their sermons should reflect this familiarity. Exegetical study is also essential.

Each student will preach twice during the quarter. Sermons are to be original work not previously presented for credit in homiletics or other speech and preaching classes.

PR500.

Meets M.Div. core requirement in Preaching and Communication (MIN 2). The practicum may be taken for credit more than once, though students are encouraged not to enroll in more than one section during any given quarter.

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